Voters approved bonding for the much-needed wastewater improvements in November, resulting in an increase of nearly $250 in the annual user fee for a single-family home.

The improvements call for $10.9 million in upgrades to the Roosevelt Drive wastewater pumping station; $14.5 million in upgrades to the Water Pollution Control Facility; $3.5 million for sewer replacements on Route 34; $1 million to upgrade the Burtville Avenue pumping station and $790,000 to upgrade the South Division Street pumping station.

The projects are all “critical,’’ Anthony DiSimone, a consultant to the WPCA said last fall. If the work is not done, he advises users "not to flush."